Explained: What did Nobel Peace winner Abiy Ahmed do to end 20-year-old Ethiopia-Eritrea war?

In July 2018, Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed held Eritrean President Afwerki in a warm and tight embrace, announcing to the world, that the 20-year war that killed at least 80,000 people in two of Africa’s poorest countries, had finally come to an end.

Explained: Man of Nobel Peace and power who resolved the conflict in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. (REUTERS File Photo)

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, for “his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea”. What was Ethiopia’s conflict with Eritrea about, and what did Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed do?